- a variation of dewan.
diwan
Britishnoun
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It was a little, whey-faced, black-bearded Turk, coiled up in the usual conglomerate posture upon a calico-covered diwan, at the end of a long, bare, large- windowed room.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
What appears advisable is that we should devote this introduction to a commentary on the poems here translated; which we call a "diwan," by the way, because they are selected out of all his works.
From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala by Henry Baerlein
Stuart's hands convulsively clutched the covering of the diwan as the sinister figure approached.
From The Golden Scorpion by Sax Rohmer
The appellation, says a Persian lexicographer, was first bestowed by a sovereign of Persia, who, on observing his crafty counsellors in high conclave, exclaimed, Inan diwan end—“these men are devils.”
From Nicotiana Or The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion by Henry James Meller
Crossing to a glass case which rested upon a table near the diwan he struck it lightly with his hand.
From The Golden Scorpion by Sax Rohmer
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